Jesse Yap

Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Singapore
High School:
Anglo-Chinese School

2015-16 -- Compiled a 73.0 scoring average over 30 rounds with six top-20 finishes and nine rounds of par or better, including three rounds in the 60s, as a sophomore, en route to second-team All-Big West Conference honors ... best finish was ninth place in Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate ... also placed 10th in OGIO UCSB Intercollegiate ... shot a 67 in second round of Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational, a 68 in second round of Del Walker Classic and a 69 in final round of Nick Watney Invitational ... named to 2016 Big West Conference All-academic Team ... earned a spot among 212 All-American Scholars in NCAA Division I by Cleveland Golf/Srixon ... enters junior season with 73.45 career scoring average over 42 rounds with eight top-20 finishes and 12 rounds of par or better.

2014-15 – Finished his redshirt freshman season on a strong note with a fifth-place finish in the El Macero Classic with rounds of 71, 72 and 74 and claimed 15th place in the Big West Conference Championship, carding a 73, 72 and 75 … averaged 74.6 strokes over 12 rounds with three rounds of par or better … best round was a 71 at the El Macero Classic ... over the summer placed second in Warren-MST Open in Singapore and tied for 13th in the 91st California State Fair.

2013-14 -- Redshirt.

High School -- A 2010 graduate of Anglo-Chinese School, an independent school in Singapore ... served compulsory military service in the Singapore Armed Forces after graduation from high school ... played golf for six years in high school ... placed first in National Inter-School Golf Championship in 2010 ... made the Dean's List in mathematics and chemistry ... volunteered for Overseas Community Involvement in Cambodia ... chose to attend Cal Poly because of its "good engineering program and an opportunity to play college golf."

Personal -- Son of Yap Chee Meng and Janet Yap ... two brothers, Jared and Joshua ... wants to be a professional golfer ... enjoys most sports as hobbies and speaks Mandarin ... has served two years in the Singapore military ... born May 26, 1992, in Huntsville, Alabama ... majors in industrial engineering.